11. A decline in investment earnings has also helped drive up the prices of automobile and homeowners insurance. 12. A carefully hooked drive up the right side of the fairway could scoot far enough to leave a long- or middle-iron shot to the green. 13. A federal suit would drive up cigarette prices and drive down cigarette sales, decreasing the amount states collect in sales and excise taxes. 14. A government-sponsored bailout of banks and finance companies could drive up interest rates and slow an economy already growing at its slowest pace in a decade. 15. A stronger U.S. currency drives up prices of raw materials and imported goods denominated in dollars. 16. A trade group that represents HMOs expressed concerns that the ruling could drive up insurance costs and ultimately leave more people without coverage. 17. Access to the ranch requires a seven-mile drive up a narrow and twisting county road that locals say is prone to washouts. 18. Administration officials say those rules drive up the cost and inconvenience of sponsoring a pension plan. 19. Adding a drug benefit, Reischauer said, also would drive up private sector costs far in excess of current projections. 20. After a breathtakingly scenic drive up through Green Gulch Canyon, we arrived in a handy place known as the Chisos Basin. |